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A Scottish couple took in an 18-year-old girl as a lodger. When she asked if she could have a bath the lady of the house told her they didn't have a bath, although if she wanted to she could use a tin wash tub in front of the fire. "Monday's the best night because my husband goes out to darts," she said. T​​he girl agreed to have a bath the following Monday. ​ After her husband had gone to the pub for his darts match, the woman filled the bath and watched the girl get undressed. She was surprised to see that the lass didn't have any pubic hair. She mentioned this to her husband when he came home. He didn't believe her, so she said: "Next Monday, when you go to darts, leave a little early and wait in the back garden. I'll leave a gap in the curtains so you can see for yourself." So the following Monday, while the girl again got undressed, the wife asked: "Do you shave?" "No," replied the girl. "I've just never grown any pubic hair. I take it you have?" "Oh, yes," said the woman, and she pulled up her night dress and showed the girl that she possessed a generously endowed pelt.....very generous indeed. The girl finished her bath and went to bed. Later that night, when the husband came in, the wife asked him, "Did you see it?" "Yes," he said, "but why the hell did you have to show her yours?" "Why ever are you worried about that?" she said. "You've seen it often enough before." "I know," he said, "but the dart team hadn't."

Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies. One day the boss called him into the office for a talk. "Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang-up job when you finally get here; but your being late so often is quite bothersome." "Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it." "Well good. You are a team player. That's what I like to hear.” “Yes sir, I understand your concern and I will try harder.“ Seeming puzzled, the manager went on to comment, “I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say to you there if you showed up in the morning late so often?" The old man looked down at the floor, then smiled. He chuckled quietly, then said with a grin, "They usually saluted and said, Good morning Admiral. Can I get your coffee, sir?

What???? No more Governor Christie manbraces.....dang. Heck - his manbraces got more air time on the national news than the bad call that went against the Lions. At least the NFL admitted they made a bad call. Why can't the media admit that showing Christie hugging another guy time after time after time.....was a mistake too?

The backseat of his Camaro?

Welcome to FP brandokid25. I own a '72 Lemans convertible and a '86 Trans Am, so I am very familiar with your '87 Firebird. Clear up something for me right away on the door handles. Are the door handles simply missing or has someone shaved them off and the door lock off completely and covered them over to give a clean custom look. notallthere's advice is solid if the handles are simply missing. I have a different answer for you if they have been intentionally shaved. There are kits that classic hot rodders use for just such a situation. So my answer depends on what has been done to the doors. BTW - posting pictures always help us with your situation too. So please show us what you need help with. As an alternative to buying new Dorman parts via Amazon as notallthere suggests, you can always try your local salvage yards to see if they have any '82-92 Camaros and Firebirds (doesn't matter if they are Z-28s, T/A, or base cars). The door handles should be interchangeable, but you may have to paint the door handles you get to match your car, Ditto for interchangeability for any missing lock or attaching hardware like nuts, bolts, and other misc. hardware. Which rear spoiler are you trying to get for the car? There were a couple of different styles as options in '87. The two most common was the wrap-around aero wing spoiler that was painted body color and the second was a more traditional spoiler with the 3rd brake light in the middle that was also painted body color. Again salvage yards are your cheapest alternative to new, but you take your chances with the condition they are in. What you see is what you get. Weather stripping - again where? Two major companies produce most of the reproduction weather stripping for these cars and hundreds of others, Soft Seal and Steele Rubber Products. I've used both but I've used more by Steele Rubber Products and I do recommend their products. Cracked dashes are tricky. Repairing it depends on how big the crack is. Eastwood Company has a dash repair kit that I have used on my Lemans to fix small cracks. I had to completely remove the dash out of the car to repair some parts of it and then I had to re-dye (e.g. re-paint) the entire dash black to make it look consistent, but it worked for me. However, if there are several long cracks like I've seen happen to several old Mopar dashes that have (say) a 4-8 inches long gash, then these need to be professionally repaired. A company called Just Dashes can do it, but it will mean that you send your disassembled dash to them and they will completely strip the pad and foam off and re-apply new. It won't be cheap, but it will look OEM new and original when you get it back. Later on I will post a bunch of Pontiac Firebird parts dealers for you.

Great collection of Pontiacs. Welcome !

Before dashing off to pay for a new battery, trying bringing it into the house and putting it on a battery charger. Last year, my Avalanche's battery was half frozen from the extreme cold we had in January after sitting just for an entire weekend and would not start. I used my digital thermometer and it detect the battery was around 22 degrees. So it maybe partially frozen inside. Bring it inside to warm up over night and put it on a trickle charger to see if it comes back. If you have no luck with it, then take it to your auto parts store to have them load test it for you. If it is bad, then you don't have to waste time dropping off the core charge for a new battery. I am doing the same thing right now for my dad's Buick Roadmaster battery.

Havoc - could this be where the O ring goes?

Stratman - I like your style. "Trixie" Roth - Ed's widow is a friend of mine, and Ed certainly could have come up with this car. I also submit a couple of other kustom car builders that could possibly have built this car too. I suggest builder #1 - Daryl Starbird - the King of Bubble Tops himself I submit builder #2 - Carl Casper

That's a good practice SPRINT6. I have also heard of guys adding an additional piece of 1/4" plate steel to help reinforce the frame / mount point and spread the load just so the bolts don't twist or tear out. Thanks again for curbing the misinformation aspect too. You know, had I though about it a little moer, I should have realized that tech inspection would not have let this car on the track in the first place without meeting certain class rules like seat belts and roll bars. Good catch!

Thanks Sprint6 for clearing the roll cage / seat belt situation up. I feel better knowing that that those things were there and they were used. Obviously it made a huge difference and saved the man's life. So one or two things happened here, in my guesitmation. (1) The safety equipment (e.g. seatbelts or seat or both) suffered a catastrophic failure during the crash and/or (2) the safety equipment was not designed or engineered (properly) to withstand the roll over or lateral G-forces the car experienced in crash in the first place. If I had to guess further, I would bet the twisting of the car body during the 4 roll overs tore either seat belt anchor bolts or the seat itself (or both) loose. That's my guess. The man is lucky for sure...early safety equipment was not as good by today's standards. The cars in those days were not designed for any crash impact tolerance, so I am not surprised the car literally came apart. As a means of comparison just Google the 1959 Chevy Bel-Air crashed into a 2009 Chevy Mailbu by the IIHS.

I took my dad's 2003 Blazer into the dealership this morning. It has 170k miles on it. Holy crap has it been neglected from a routine maintenance perspective. Suffice it to say it will have a complete 30k mile maintenance and 100k tune-up done on it, plus a complete brake and suspension inspection.

Back in the day, we didn't care if they got dirty or rusted. They were our basic transportation. Now they are worth several times more than the original MSRP. We don't want them to rust again or get damaged. Its now become a bit of a significant, albeit, fun investment, as well as a source of much enjoyment. We really don't want to screw it up for either reason. You can put Sta-Bil in a full tank but it is much more effective if it can be mixed. My suggestion would be to get the Sta-Bil in it ASAP to help prevent fuel breakdown. Then, the next time you get it out, drive it a little bit (like you need much encouragement to do that right?), and perhaps top off the tank when your done so the new gas helps to mix the Sta-Bil with the gas in the tank. Sniff...sniff....sniff....that smells like a "Trust Me" !!!!

Obviously we don't everything that happened here... That said, I realize that '55 Chevys never originally came with seat belts from the factory back in 1955. However, anyone that builds, owns, and races a pro street modified car like this has no excuse for not installing and wearing seat belts - especially a 4 or 5 point harness. As stratman clearly points out, only through the grace of God does this guy walk away from this.

A Naval Aviator walks into a bar and takes a seat next to a very attractive woman. He gives her a quick glance then casually looks at his new Apple watch for a moment. The woman notices this and asks, "Is your date running late?" No," he replies, "I just got this state-of-the-art Apple watch, and I was just testing it." The intrigued woman says, "A state-of-the-art watch? What's so special about it?" The pilot says, "It uses alpha waves to talk to me telepathically." The lady says, "What's it telling you now?" Well, it says you're not wearing any panties." The woman giggles and replies, "Well it must be broken because I am wearing panties!" The fighter pilot smirks, taps his watch and says, "Darn thing's an hour fast." And that, my friends.........is Confidence! GO NAVY !!

Ok CUP CAK What is it?

$2.069/gallon by my house. I had to go to my dad's, it was $1.899 by him. Go figure.

You won't move to Florida until your kids and grandkids do. I am jealous that you've managed to drive Black Beauty this late. The snow and cold is flying here but I may still have to break the Lemans out of storage next week and take it to the upholstery shop. Definitely get the Sta-Bil in her.

Some of the joys of living in Michigan my friend. Its always been this crazy, and I can't explain why that it is. I suspect that by Thursday, the price will come down a few pennies a gallon or it will go up a bit more in anticipation of the weekend. Gas prices usually go up near long holiday weekends, so M L King weekend should see a price increase.

I went to the gym this morning, gas is back up to around $2.089 there too. So about a 30-50 cent jump in gas from the weekend.

Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. 'In honour of this holy season' Saint Peter said, 'You must each possess something that symbolize Christmas to get into heaven.' The Englishman fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. 'It's a candle', he said. 'You may pass through the pearly gates' Saint Peter said. The Scotsman reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, 'They're bells.' Saint Peter said 'You may pass through the pearly gates'. The Irishman started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties. St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, 'And just what do those symbolize?' The Irishman replied, 'These are Carols.'

From what I've read, the Corvette Corvair was strictly intended to be a 2-seater. Since early Corvette sales were so sluggish, GM management was reluctant to go forward with a fastback design of the Corvair for nearly another decade. As for a 4-seater, that was the route that the Ford Thunderbird went in the early sixties that took it from a sports car to a full-size luxury car. I know GM has made a Corvette mid-engine prototype and they've studied that idea for the Corvette for years, but they have yet to put it into production. Who knows if they will eventually do it?

Beats hell out of me. It was not that long ago we here the highest in the lower 48 when a couple of Midwest oil refineries were shutdown at the same time and they had to ship refined oil/gas from other parts of the country. Other parts of the country were paying $3.40 a gallon and we were over $4.25. I picked the kid up from school today. It was back up to $1.999 - $2.089 near my house. My dad's neighborhood always seems to be the cheapest in the county. No idea why.

Great looking GA GT you've got there. Welcome!

I saw it for $1.589 near my dad's place this weekend. Ran across this interesting fact today. Using the Consumer Price Index calculator ( http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=0.35&year1=1968&year2=2014 ), if the price of regular gasoline was .35 cents per gallon in 1968, today's price for regular gasoline should be $2.38. Given that calculation, gasoline at $2.20 per gallon is equivalent to .32 cents per gallon. So I guess we shouldn't complain. Just hope it keeps on dropping!